Time To Go Inside

Marcella lives in Orange County, California - though she escapes the suburbs as frequently as possible. A regular at the Rose Bowl flea market and Amoeba Music Store on Sunset Boulevard, her car is her best friend.

I am tangerine peels, falling from the tree house. Sprinkling the lifeless grass of the San Fernando Valley. Eating the tangerine, slice by slice, my fingernails stained. My dog ignored the falling peels landing next to her paws next to her tail. The occasional peel would land on her ear. Flicking it off, she paid no mind. Wise and caring, she knew it would be soon, until the last tangerine was peeled. The last peel would fall, and it was time to go inside.